Why Recycle?

Every year, the average bin contains enough unrealised energy to produce 500 baths, 3,500 showers or 5,000 hours of television.

Waste is our business - don't throw it all away.

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Aluminium

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  • An Aluminium can, if recycled, can be back on the shelf in 6 weeks
  • It takes 50,000 cans to make 1 tonne
  • Amazingly, recycling a can requires only 5% of the energy it takes to make a new one- and produces only 5% of the CO2 emissions.
  • Just one recycled aluminium can saves enough energy to run a television set for three hours!

Paper Recycling

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  • We use over 500,000 tonnes of paper and cardboard every year
  • Around 34% of all the household rubbish we throw away is paper and card , and approximately half of this is made up of newspapers and magazines, most of which can be recycled
  • 17 trees go into making 1 tonne of paper

Plastic Recycling

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  • Recycling just one plastic bottle saves enough energy to power a 60W light bulb for six hours
  • It takes just 25 two litre plastic bottles to make one adult size fleece jacket

Steel

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  • Producing steel from recycled material saves 75% of the energy needed for steel made from virgin material
  • Every steel can is 100% recyclable. It can be recycled over and over again into products like bicycles and of course new cans

Biodegradable Waste Recycling

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  • One third of all household bin waste can be composted

 

 

 

Thorntons Recycling Facts

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  • Plastics - What plastics can I recycle with Thorntons Recycling?
  • Recycled plastic bottles can make fleeces and the lining for sleeping bags

Facts and Figures

Over 2/3 of the average household bin is recyclable. Approximately one quarter of the bin is used packaging which can be recycled, and a further third is usually compost-able kitchen and garden waste.

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Where Does the Waste Go?

Waste Type Thorntons Facility
Dry Recyclables - paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, aluminium and steel cans, plastic film Recycling Centre, Killeen Road, D.10
Construction & Demolition Waste, Skip waste Recycling Centre, Killeen Road, D.10
Construction & Demolition Waste, Skip waste Dunboyne Facility, Co Meath
Wood Waste Wood Chipping Facility,  Kill, Co. Kildare
Biodegradeable Waste Kilmainhamwood Compost, Nobber, Co Meath
End of Life Vehicles ELV Centre, Kylemore Park, Dublin 10

What Happens to the Waste?

Materials Delivered End Product
Mixed Metals Melted down for reuse
Mixed Plastic Bottles Plastic sent for further processing in the Far East
Mixed Papers, Cardboard Paper and Cardboard sent to paper mill for recycling
Plastic Packaging, Plastics Plastics processed and remoulded into street furniture, corrugated piping and fibres for clothing and sleeping bags